Suzanne E. Guiod @seguiod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Congratulations to @yinyuan.bsky.social whose brilliant Alimentary Orientalism won the @bars.bsky.social 2026 First Book Prize! Published by Bucknell University Press. @aupresses.bsky.social @bucknellupress.bsky.social @rutgersupress.bsky.social @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social 193
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodMichelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025"In reality, closing the press will cut relatively little from the university’s overall budget. The press has two full-time employees and an annual budget of roughly $300,000" For context, Bucknell University reports its annual operating expenses as $288 million. Make it make sense. 095
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodDr Rosie Paice @rosiepaice.bsky.social · 04/09/2025*Bucknell University Press to Close* And just like that, @BucknellU’s reputation plummets What is it that makes university provosts and vice-chancellors join the race to the bottom? #HE #HigherEducation #highered www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...chronicle.comLetter | Bucknell University Press to CloseThis should alarm university presses nationwide, writes Aníbal González-Pérez. 031
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodInside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 12/11/2025Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a... bit.ly/43UmxVK 088
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodThe H-Net Book Channel @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025You might be aware of the threatened closure of Bucknell University Press, but did you know BUP trained countless interns? #FeedingTheElephant shares stories from former interns on how closing the press would negatively impact undergrad and grad students. ➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...networks.h-net.orgBucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-NetA post from Feeding the 043
Reposted by Suzanne E. Guiod祖思薪 Eugenia Zuroski @zugenia.bsky.social · 17/08/2025The closing of Bucknell University Press is a tremendous loss for academic publishing in general and 18th-century studies in particular. Universities have abandoned the academic mission. We’re the generation that will have to reinvent knowledge-work from the institutional ruins. 13011
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodChronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 20/08/2025Letters to the Editor | In Praise of Blue-Book Exams; What Heterodox Academy Can Bring to a Campus; Bucknell University Press to Close; The Strategy Behind the University of Connecticut’s Fiscal Planning; and more. chronicle.comLettersThe Chronicle welcomes correspondence from readers about our articles and about topics we have covered. Please make your points as concisely as possible. We will not publish letters longer than 350 wo... 021
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodPublishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Since Bucknell provost Wendy F. Sternberg announced plans to shutter the university press next summer, the Association of University Presses has reached out to university officials in the hopes of coming up with “a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press.”buff.lyBucknell University Press to Cease OperationsSince Bucknell provost Wendy F. Sternberg announced plans to shutter the university press next summer, AUPresses has entered talks with university officials in the hopes of coming up with “a mutually… 035
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodMichael J Drexler @mjdrexler.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Bucknell University is shutting down our university press. Huge disappointment and big blow to 18th century studies and Latin American studies, two signature strengths of BU Press. 292
Reposted by Suzanne E. Guiodprofchander @profchander.bsky.social · 17/08/2025very much saddened to learn that bucknell university press will be closing. they took a chance on my first book when other presses said it was too short or too narrowly focused on minor authors. www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...chronicle.comLetter | Bucknell University Press to CloseThis should alarm university presses nationwide, writes Aníbal González-Pérez. 617951
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodAssociation of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 24/09/2025University press internships provide important experiential education opportunities for students. Insights from @bucknellupress.bsky.social interns @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social #FeedingTheElephant: bit.ly/4pCTPSv 112
Reposted by Suzanne E. GuiodAssociation of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 24/09/2025“Some disciplines have labs & clinics. The arts & humanities can gain the same kind of hands-on learning through university presses,” said former @bucknellupress.bsky.social intern Patrick Thomas Henry. Bucknell alumni reflect on universiy press internship experiences:bit.lyBucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-NetA post from Feeding the 002
